The mating call of the over-confident. Or maybe it's something else entirely, I can't really figure out what's going on here. The puffy white globby guy, the German tourist sandals, the befuddled ginger with the provocative shirt...it all adds up to COMIC EXPO.
And here is more!
Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo 2012
I had a ticket to get in, but they massively oversold the venue and were turning a lot of people away. So I took a few pictures outside and went shopping instead. Maybe tomorrow...
I woke up to loud thumpings and rumblings. Having lived in Seattle for over a decade, my first thought was "EARTHQUAKE!" But no, it was just the strange, tiny house across the street being glomped by a yellow monster.
Perhaps they are the children of these headless naked ladies at The Bay.
It's April in Calgary, which means the snow just gets heavier.
A little texture at the end of the block.
I've been working on organizing my online portfolio, and got sidetracked by a file full of scary photos. For your amusement, The Walk of Death at the Calgary Zoo.
A Canadian woman was recently stopped and threatened with a fine at the US border for Possession of a Kinder Egg. Apparently these candies are considered a choking hazard to American children (but not children in the rest of the world).
The FDA prohibits import of food "containing non-nutritive components such as small plastic toys or objects which may be partially or completely embedded in the food product." Children under 3 are at risk for choking on the toys inside the egg, and therefore no one over 3 can enjoy a Kinder Egg in the safety of their own home. Granted, children under 3 will put just about anything in their mouths, but that's why their adults should read warning labels. It is not possible to make the world completely safe for people who will put anything into their mouths; it's a parent's job to keep tiny toys away from their kids until the gobbling stage passes.
As modeled here by Genuine Canadian Step Children™, the toy inside a Kinder Egg isn't something you would ever find in your mouth by accident. The thin chocolate shell splits in half. Inside is a not-very-easy-to-open small plastic capsule, and inside that is a toy and a paper set of directions. Like any other small toy, keep out of reach of tiny children.
Baby head hood ornament, Calgary AB
